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The ongoing rise in prices of raw milk makes cheese makers to further increase prices for their products.   In September, cheese sales slightly increased, but not enough to regularly increase prices and not take into account noticeable increase in imports of cheap European cheese. In October, some large...

In the first half of September, raw milk prices resumed their growth. This is reported by Volodymyr Andriyets, an analyst of the Association of Milk Producers. As of September 18, Extra Grade milk went up by 0.30 UAH and r...

Thousands of adults across Britain admit they struggle to understand all of the labels on food and drink packaging, resulting in many binning perfectly good produce, new research* has revealed. A poll of 2,000 adults* by Arla Foods found there was uncertainty across the board, with the difference between «best before' and «use by' dates, as well as&nbs...

Half of Ukraine’s population believes that a person should have the right to sell their land freely.  This can be seen from the results of a poll conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. 28% of Ukrainians (and 33% of land owners) do not support the right to sell land.  Another 21% of Ukrainians do not have their own opinion on this. Among the urban residents 51% support t...

Fonterra has maintained its current forecast farmgate milk price for the season, however has flagged some risks in the international dairy market. In a statement, the dairy co-op's Chairman, John Monaghan said it had reviewed the 2019/2020 forecast in line with obligations under the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA)...

In January-June, Belarus sold $ 1.1 billion worth of dairy products abroad. This figure was named by the head of the main department of foreign economic activity of the Ministry of Agriculture, Alexei Bogdanov. «The supply of dairy products increased by 12.6% in monetary terms. A total of $ 1.1 billion was sold. In weight terms, exports amounted to 1.15 million tons o...

In the second half of the summer, the problems of dairy processors got worse, while for dairy farmes the situation improved even more than it was before. The main reason for it is the same for both — the noticeable decrease in raw milk supply resulting in milk purchase price increase. Dairies agree to buy milk at&...

In the second half of July, the price for raw milk continued to grow at a rather high pace. Extra Grade added 0.38 UAH and now costs in average 9.87 UAH/kg. This increases the gap between the Extra Grade and lower grades. This is reported by Volodymyr Andriyets, an analyst of the Association of Milk Producers. At present, the difference Extra-Higher is 0.75 UAH and is the larg...

The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) has recently updated information on the list of Ukrainian dairy enterprises approved for export to the China. This is stated in the message of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection of Ukraine. 35 Ukrainian dairy producers have the right to export dairy products to China. The list of...

The situation in the market of butter is rather uncertain. In the world market prices of butter are falling, so, export prices are low.  At the same time, the prices of butter in the domestic market has noticeably increased. This can only indicate a limited offer, which also does not seem logical considering the hei...